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Music News: Rihanna's 'ANTI' Artwork
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Why are all of these urban acts trying to emulate Kanye West's artistic aesthetic? Ever since the "808's & Heartbreak"/"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"/"Watch The Throne" covers, every urban act has tried to emulate Ye's album art aesthetic. This looks like a Kanye West album cover, not a Rihanna album cover. It's too try-hard and disingenuous coming from her and the cover itself most likely has zero meaning behind it. It's just a "cool" put-together photo that looks like it came off of some high schooler's tumblr for his 6th period art class. And let's not even get into the nonsensical (and, again, meaningless) braille texturing. It just all gives off a phony, "I-want-to-be-artistic-like-kanye-west" vibe. Rihanna, no offence, but no one thinks you're deep. Listen to No$tradamus and just put your pretty face on an album cover, and go back to ruling the world of pop. Otherwise, enjoy your steady decline akin to the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, whom also tried being "deep" and "artistic" only to be completely ignored by the general public. That's just the way it is. I didn't make the rules, kids.
...Vin
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It's great. I'm ready
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Originally posted by Vin
Why are all of these urban acts trying to emulate Kanye West's artistic aesthetic? Ever since the "808's & Heartbreak"/"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"/"Watch The Throne" covers, every urban act has tried to emulate Ye's album art aesthetic. This looks like a Kanye West album cover, not a Rihanna album cover. It's too try-hard and disingenuous coming from her and the cover itself most likely has zero meaning behind it. It's just a "cool" put-together photo that looks like it came off of some high schooler's tumblr for his 6th period art class. And let's not even get into the nonsensical (and, again, meaningless) braille texturing. It just all gives off a phony, "I-want-to-be-artistic-like-kanye-west" vibe. Rihanna, no offence, but no one thinks you're deep. Listen to No$tradamus and just put your pretty face on an album cover, and go back to ruling the world of pop. Otherwise, enjoy your steady decline akin to the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, whom also tried being "deep" and "artistic" only to be completely ignored by the general public. That's just the way it is. I didn't make the rules, kids.
...Vin
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You just had to mention Gaga, the obsession is too much
As I said, this is her best cover yet
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What is this mess??
It's not very Rihanna to me, more like something Kanye would do.
I get she wants to be things differently this time but I don't really get what this era is all about. Very confusing.
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Originally posted by 2014
You just had to mention Gaga, the obsession is too much
As I said, this is her best cover yet
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I mention other artists or other actors or other celebrities when there are parallels to be made
pertaining to my point of view, regardless of whether the topic is specifically about those persons or not.
It's called having a discussion.
...Vin
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vin
Why are all of these urban acts trying to emulate Kanye West's artistic aesthetic? Ever since the "808's & Heartbreak"/"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"/"Watch The Throne" covers, every urban act has tried to emulate Ye's album art aesthetic. This looks like a Kanye West album cover, not a Rihanna album cover. It's too try-hard and disingenuous coming from her and the cover itself most likely has zero meaning behind it. It's just a "cool" put-together photo that looks like it came off of some high schooler's tumblr for his 6th period art class. And let's not even get into the nonsensical (and, again, meaningless) braille texturing. It just all gives off a phony, "I-want-to-be-artistic-like-kanye-west" vibe. Rihanna, no offence, but no one thinks you're deep. Listen to No$tradamus and just put your pretty face on an album cover, and go back to ruling the world of pop. Otherwise, enjoy your steady decline akin to the likes of Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, whom also tried being "deep" and "artistic" only to be completely ignored by the general public. That's just the way it is. I didn't make the rules, kids.
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She's not trying to emulate it, Kanye himself is involved with the artistic direction of the album.
You didn't lie though, it doesn't feel authentic.
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Originally posted by Monster
I mean it's just not believable when we know she has camps on camps writing for her and you can blatantly see the Kanye influence peering through everything. It's different because we know she literally picks a song she likes, records it, shoots some images and that's it, her album. I could see if she was on this deep spiritual journey or have been locked away writing songs, but nothing's changed. Different era, different wig(s).
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Can't believe the fumes that cover caused!
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Originally posted by timecables
She's not trying to emulate it, Kanye himself is involved with the artistic direction of the album.
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I know. And that's my point, T-Cables. It's not Rihanna's vision, it's Kanye West's vision.
And Rihanna is just "going along" with it, because she doesn't have that visual artistic capability about her. She never has, and never will, but trying to pass this album cover off as "Rihanna's idea/Rihanna's aesthetic" is try-hard and disingenuous, and, frankly, very manufactured, which is ironic given the "Anti" LP title. The album cover isn't believable coming from Rihanna.
It's a "cool" image, but it's not for Rihanna. It's for Kanye West.
...Vin
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Originally posted by Vin
I know. And that's my point, T-Cables. It's not Rihanna's vision, it's Kanye West's vision.
And Rihanna is just "going along" with it, because she doesn't have that visual artistic capability about her. She never has, and never will, but trying to pass this album cover off as "Rihanna's idea/Rihanna's aesthetic" is try-hard and disingenuous, and, frankly, very manufactured, which is ironic given the "Anti" LP title. The album cover isn't believable coming from Rihanna.
It's a "cool" image, but it's not for Rihanna. It's for Kanye West.
...Vin
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you're pressed it will pass
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Anti? This can't happen. Is this real?
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i love it..it really is intersting and i love the vibes..
my only let down thing about it is that if you go to the artist website u see a collection full of thos images and it feels like she saw it and said oh yeah let put in my image and make it mine..theres nothing "rihanna" on it..
like taking someone song and only put her vocals on the very same track..
thats my only letdown..
as art i really really love it and stanning for this kind of art..
i just with she would have done things different..it doesnt feel like she envovlved with this era at all..she say things and than act different...it doesnt feel cohesive..
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Originally posted by DanceForYou
An awful, try hard, wannabe "genius" and "artistic" mess. So yeah...
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Ok, DanceForYou
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Hopefully there will be some good fanmade covers, cause this album cover is not gona grace the screen of my phone when im playing A̶n̶t̶i̶ R8.
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I think i'd like it better if the effect didn't hurt my eyes.
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I kinda like it, but was not expecting it. This has a Kanye vibe to it.
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I love it, now, about the music Rih..
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